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that's the ambitious goal announced by world bank president jim yong kim. the world bank has come under strong criticism at various times since its founding in44in, skim a doctor, a leading global health advocate and w so-called macarthur genius grant. in the late 1980s he demonstrated against world bank policies even calling for its end. last year picked by president obama he became the bank's chief after serving as president of dartmouth college since 2009. i talked with dr. kim at world bank headquarters in washington this morning and began by asking what's new in his goal of attacking poverty. >> we feel the fact that there's still 1.2 billion people living in absolute poverty, which is less than $1.25 a day, is a stain on our collective conscience. >> suarez: a stain? >> a stain. over the past 25 years we've made progress. we've gone from 4% of the people living in absolute poverty to 21% today most of that was because china grew sora but now the tough work remains. what we're seeing is a 1% a year drop in global poverty but what's going to happen is t
that's the ambitious goal announced by world bank president jim yong kim. the world bank has come under strong criticism at various times since its founding in44in, skim a doctor, a leading global health advocate and w so-called macarthur genius grant. in the late 1980s he demonstrated against world bank policies even calling for its end. last year picked by president obama he became the bank's chief after serving as president of dartmouth college since 2009. i talked with dr. kim at world bank...
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to find out i sat down with long time aid to harry reid jim manly. >> the nra is still a very powerful force in this country. they have four million members who are very, very determined to get their way. >> and how can a nation of 300 million compete with that? >> it's difficult to understand sometime, isn't it but the fact of the mat certificate that i've got to think long and hard before you support gun control legislation because you are take on the nra can be political suicide. >> and the democratic party is working tirelessly to reduce the rate of political suicide among its members. surely australian politicians weren't stupid enough to end their political lives for gun control. >> well, i did. >> what? >> i did. >> you did what? >> i took the stand. i was prepared to face the political consequences, and we delivered gun control. >> meets rob borebich former premier of queensland, australia's most conservative state. in 1996 he was instrumental in enacting gun control, knowing it would cost him his political career in the next election. >> we paid a high political price but we d
to find out i sat down with long time aid to harry reid jim manly. >> the nra is still a very powerful force in this country. they have four million members who are very, very determined to get their way. >> and how can a nation of 300 million compete with that? >> it's difficult to understand sometime, isn't it but the fact of the mat certificate that i've got to think long and hard before you support gun control legislation because you are take on the nra can be political...
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you have something new, jim? reports this is a suspect fleeing from a robbery. it might not be connected with the bombing. >> greta: boston seeing a lot of unwanted news this week. anyway, mike, thank you. and of course if there is more information from m.i.t.or if it is linked to the marathon we'll be right back here so just let us know, thank you, mike. >> got it. >> greta: we're going to go back to mike to bein but right now police and fbi want your help someone knows the identities of the two suspects in that surveillance video. one suspect seen wearing a dark baseball cap the other a white one. the man in the white cap seen setting down a backpack at the second bombing site. anyone with information is asked to call the fbi at 1-800-call fbi. the fbi is also using high tech facial recognition technology to track down suspect. the coe ofan met tricks spoke about how facial recognition work wez want to point out photos you're about to see are not related to the bombing investigation. >> i have an example here i can show you of a surveillance picture. this is a
you have something new, jim? reports this is a suspect fleeing from a robbery. it might not be connected with the bombing. >> greta: boston seeing a lot of unwanted news this week. anyway, mike, thank you. and of course if there is more information from m.i.t.or if it is linked to the marathon we'll be right back here so just let us know, thank you, mike. >> got it. >> greta: we're going to go back to mike to bein but right now police and fbi want your help someone knows the...
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then indicted with legal action and i thought those two elements together were very very important jim arising from the new york times says can you have a democracy without an aggressive investigative press and it seemed to me it's being threatened. why well as the people in the film talk about this to investigative reporters and i think they make very good cases is it's two things one is jane mayer and dana priest talk about obama getting too close to the cia relying on the cia and then more profoundly and more systemically this is a function of an expanding bureaucratic national security state and national security state is you when you're you are is know all too well is taking on one point seven e-mails a day that it's listening or watching the reading and the. billion e-mails a day comes from dana priest and it's great where. a building or buildings the size of three pentagons all part of the national security state and again not to overwhelm. but facts with ten thousand different locations ten thousand locations around this country all dedicated to national security and it's expan
then indicted with legal action and i thought those two elements together were very very important jim arising from the new york times says can you have a democracy without an aggressive investigative press and it seemed to me it's being threatened. why well as the people in the film talk about this to investigative reporters and i think they make very good cases is it's two things one is jane mayer and dana priest talk about obama getting too close to the cia relying on the cia and then more...
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jim walsh in boston. patti ann: and we have an update right now on the city of west, texas, where there was of course a deadly fertilizer plant overnight. we will havest details in three minutes from the a press conference going on. patti ann: taking you back now to our other top story of the day, a massive deadly explosion of the fertilizer plant in the city of west, texas. we're hearing from sergeant patrick swanson in the city of. this is 20 miles north of waco. let's listen. >> this is a volunteer fire department. meaning that they probably have a very large contingent of people willing to risk their lives for their neighbors and their community at a phone call. that's what they were doing last night when this occurred. i don't know how many initially responded. i do know that there were numerous firefighters there. we have accounted for many but there are some that are not accounted for. i think that kind of brings me up to speed that i know again, i know the information is little limited. short of a
jim walsh in boston. patti ann: and we have an update right now on the city of west, texas, where there was of course a deadly fertilizer plant overnight. we will havest details in three minutes from the a press conference going on. patti ann: taking you back now to our other top story of the day, a massive deadly explosion of the fertilizer plant in the city of west, texas. we're hearing from sergeant patrick swanson in the city of. this is 20 miles north of waco. let's listen. >> this...
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well, jim davis, starting with you, how does boston change things for people in your position? what kinds of discussions are going on now? >> well, certainly we're much more focused on security. you know, in the united states we've got pretty short memories and i think after 9/11 we were very focused on security and then things kind of we'd go through a time period where we don't a lot of attacks or any successful attacks and now boston happens and people get focused on it again. i think that in the -- in law enforcement and intelligence community we've always been focused on it but people are going to be more receptive to security measures now and more focused on making sure that major events are safer. >> brown: ed cannon, explain how this works. take something you have worked on, perhaps the new york city marathon, for example. what kind of measures go into it? how much preparation? how much thinking and how might that change if at all now? >> well, jeff, the new york city marathon is going to be examined with lessons learned from what occurred last week in boston. think abo
well, jim davis, starting with you, how does boston change things for people in your position? what kinds of discussions are going on now? >> well, certainly we're much more focused on security. you know, in the united states we've got pretty short memories and i think after 9/11 we were very focused on security and then things kind of we'd go through a time period where we don't a lot of attacks or any successful attacks and now boston happens and people get focused on it again. i think...
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and i think, i don't want-- i'm reluctance to give credit but i think it pite have been jim o'neill of goldman saks saying that they don't govern enough. that the politics have to get better. does that ring true to you at all? >> do you know he what he might have said. >> it is true of india but let me add it is true of every country. we can't have better governance. i don't think you should generalize. there are many states in india where there is good 2k3w06 earnance. the central government generally provides good governance but there are weaknesses. we need to identify those weaknesses and rectify them. how can anyone say that we have reached the acme of governance. obviously governance can improve. we need to learn, for example, from the japanese or the chinese how to execute a project on time without a cost overrun. >> rose: right. >> if there is one thing that i would like to learn is how do execute a large project without a cost overrun or a time overrun. >> rose: so why do you have cost overruns or time overruns? >> because of, we, we tolerate inefficiencies. we don't punish pe
and i think, i don't want-- i'm reluctance to give credit but i think it pite have been jim o'neill of goldman saks saying that they don't govern enough. that the politics have to get better. does that ring true to you at all? >> do you know he what he might have said. >> it is true of india but let me add it is true of every country. we can't have better governance. i don't think you should generalize. there are many states in india where there is good 2k3w06 earnance. the central...
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okay, that's jim and gris. what do you think out there as stocks and commodities, what's the better buy? stick around online. at 1:00 p.m. it will kickoff. we have doug kass and peter schiff going head to head in a bullion brawl. >> a shiny piece of metal around my neck, i would never complain, mandy. >> me neither. >> next on "the half," a lot of movers and shakers in today's rebound. we are calling out the names and telling you the next stop in pops and drops. and we'll talk about the rally in stocks, can it hold? erin gibbs will give us her take on the key drive. all that and more when we return. ♪ [ cows moo ] [ sizzling ] more rain... [ thunder rumbles ] ♪ [ male announcer ] when the world moves... futures move first. learn futures from experienced pros with dedicated chats and daily live webinars. and trade with papermoney to test-drive the market. ♪ all on thinkorswim. from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to "the halftime report." session highs for the dow industrial average, we are trying to make
okay, that's jim and gris. what do you think out there as stocks and commodities, what's the better buy? stick around online. at 1:00 p.m. it will kickoff. we have doug kass and peter schiff going head to head in a bullion brawl. >> a shiny piece of metal around my neck, i would never complain, mandy. >> me neither. >> next on "the half," a lot of movers and shakers in today's rebound. we are calling out the names and telling you the next stop in pops and drops. and...
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i'm jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." another day has passed but we have very few solid answers about the boston marathon bombing. we do now know what kind of devices were used. after that, the new information is few and far between. we are going to go to boston for a live update. >>> the stock markets had a very solid bounce back today after yesterday's big selloff. gold also had a positive day. but i believe the plunge in gold is a very good sign for the economy, just as it was in the '80s and '90s. in other words, some optimism. and senator marco rubio unveils the new immigration reform bill today. here's the key point. when we look at the benefits and score them dynamically, immigration reform will be a huge boost to the economy. "the kudlow report" begins right now. >>> first up tonight, president obama will travel to boston thursday for an interfaith service with bombing victims. more than 24 hours after two bombs ripped through marathon crowds killing three, wounding 170 others, investi
i'm jim cramer and i will see you tomorrow. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. this is "the kudlow report." another day has passed but we have very few solid answers about the boston marathon bombing. we do now know what kind of devices were used. after that, the new information is few and far between. we are going to go to boston for a live update. >>> the stock markets had a very solid bounce back today after yesterday's big selloff. gold also had a...
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jim maseda joins us from seoul. hi, jim. >> reporter: hi, kelly. well, the past 24 hours have been a pretty good example of the unpredictability of kim junk union and his scene. after all of those signals, it turned out to be a very quiet day in north korea, focused entirely on those celebrations around founding father kim jong il's birthday. but then last night, there was a sudden new threat from the north korean military, which said it would strike south korea without warning if there were another anti-north protest in the south. so this was in reaction to a very small demonstration yesterday here in downtown seoul where a couple of effigies of kim jong un were burned. in the same message, he said the south must apologize for its undig phied acts before talks could happen. despite the angry ultimatum, there does seem to be a shift now towards what they call offramping or tamping down the volume and talking rather than confrontation. that said, those two medium range missiles are reportedly on their launchers in the eastern part of north korea rea
jim maseda joins us from seoul. hi, jim. >> reporter: hi, kelly. well, the past 24 hours have been a pretty good example of the unpredictability of kim junk union and his scene. after all of those signals, it turned out to be a very quiet day in north korea, focused entirely on those celebrations around founding father kim jong il's birthday. but then last night, there was a sudden new threat from the north korean military, which said it would strike south korea without warning if there...
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then on wednesday, jim chanos is here for the entire hour. we'll go inside his entire portfolio with everything you've wanted to know about the heart of short selling. then on thursday, keith banks of u.s. trust is going to sit here on the desk as well. we're excited about the week ahead. >>> coming up, three stocks making big moves off of earnings and analyst calls this morning. we're calling out names and telling you how to trade them. >>> and gold up 8% since that two-year low last week. our traders weigh in on gold's next move when we come back. she's still the one for you - you know it even after all these years. but your erectile dysfunction - you know,that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your h
then on wednesday, jim chanos is here for the entire hour. we'll go inside his entire portfolio with everything you've wanted to know about the heart of short selling. then on thursday, keith banks of u.s. trust is going to sit here on the desk as well. we're excited about the week ahead. >>> coming up, three stocks making big moves off of earnings and analyst calls this morning. we're calling out names and telling you how to trade them. >>> and gold up 8% since that two-year...
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i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer, david faber. after three days of triple digit moves on the dow, futures finally appear to be taking somewhat of a breather as we are knee-deep in earnings. lot of big names reporting today. jobless claims inching up a few moments ago. europe has had a pretty good bond auction, both in france and in spain. today, although italy's parliament still struggling to elect a president in their first vote. our road map begins with all that market volatility. we were up, then down, then up. we'll look at whether another triple digit move on the dow today could play out. >>> apple dipped below $400 a share yesterday. closed above that. this morning verizon reporting strong activations for the iphone for the last quarter. will that help this stock that's been in free fall? >>> pepsi beating expectations this morning. jim has an interview with the ceo. >>> paypal under pressure this morning, facing increased competition from amazon and others. we'll break down numbers and talk exclusive to john donahoe, ebay's
i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer, david faber. after three days of triple digit moves on the dow, futures finally appear to be taking somewhat of a breather as we are knee-deep in earnings. lot of big names reporting today. jobless claims inching up a few moments ago. europe has had a pretty good bond auction, both in france and in spain. today, although italy's parliament still struggling to elect a president in their first vote. our road map begins with all that market volatility. we were...
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megan smith, jim kolbe and judson please come forward. we are going to go straight through the noon hour because of the numbers we have. some senators have been thinking of going in for lunch and other meetings that are taking place but we will begin with megan smith who is commissioner of the vermont commission of tourism appointed by -- in 2011. before that she was in the vermont legislature and before she became commissioner she and her husband owned and operated the vermont in which is a very nice place. for over a dozen years. ms. smith, go ahead. >> chairman lacie ranking member grassley members of the committee i'm pleased to be here today on behalf of the vermont department of tourism and marketing and the broader traveling community to highlight the importance of travel related provisions included in immigration reform. vermont is very dependent on tourism. our percentage of jobs in the industry is twice the natural -- national average of 38%. the majority of our businesses are small and family-owned and agri-tourism is growing i
megan smith, jim kolbe and judson please come forward. we are going to go straight through the noon hour because of the numbers we have. some senators have been thinking of going in for lunch and other meetings that are taking place but we will begin with megan smith who is commissioner of the vermont commission of tourism appointed by -- in 2011. before that she was in the vermont legislature and before she became commissioner she and her husband owned and operated the vermont in which is a...
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you know, the ting that makes jim demint a great leader is the same thing that has always made people like matt spalding and the heritage foundation itself so very valuable; that is, your shared insistence on making the positive case for conservativism, what conservatives are for. in washington it's common for both parties to succumb to easy negativity. republicans and democrats stand opposed to each other, obviously, and outspoken partisanship almost always gets the most headlines. this negativity is unappealing on pote sides, and that helps explain why the federal government is increasingly held in such low regard by the american people. but for the left the defensive crouch at least makes sense. liberalism's main purpose today is to defend itself past gains -- its past gains from conservative reform. but megativity on the right, to my mind, makes no sense at all. the left has created this false narrative that liberals are for things, and conservatives are against things. when we concede this narrative even just implicitly, we concede the debate before that debate even begins. and y
you know, the ting that makes jim demint a great leader is the same thing that has always made people like matt spalding and the heritage foundation itself so very valuable; that is, your shared insistence on making the positive case for conservativism, what conservatives are for. in washington it's common for both parties to succumb to easy negativity. republicans and democrats stand opposed to each other, obviously, and outspoken partisanship almost always gets the most headlines. this...
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today, a hearing is set for reese witherspoon and her hollywood husband, agent, jim todd. witherspoon accused of disorderly conduct. a police officer says she disobeyed orders to stay inside of the car while he performed a sobriety test on her husband, now facing dui charges. witherspoon asked the officer, do you know my name? you are about to find out who i am, you are going to be on national news? i guess she was kind of right. the officer said witherspoon began to hang out the window and say, that she didn't believe i was a real police officer. for her part, witherspoon its apologizing saying i clearly had one drink too many. i am deeply embare raced about the things i said. i was disrespectful to the officer who was just doing his job. i'm very sorry for my behavior. >> i thought you had to look at the camera. >> i don't know. never been arrested. >> that wasn't a trick question. >>> it is 6:26 right now. still ahead, questions without a lawyer. why some lawmakers want to declare a teen terror suspect an enemy combatant in the bay area lawmaker who opposes that decisio
today, a hearing is set for reese witherspoon and her hollywood husband, agent, jim todd. witherspoon accused of disorderly conduct. a police officer says she disobeyed orders to stay inside of the car while he performed a sobriety test on her husband, now facing dui charges. witherspoon asked the officer, do you know my name? you are about to find out who i am, you are going to be on national news? i guess she was kind of right. the officer said witherspoon began to hang out the window and...
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. >> thank you, jim, and thank you for your leadership on the task force, and i want to express my thanks to the constitution project, but also to all of my fellow task force members, what they brought to the table in terms of experience, wisdom, public service, really made a difference in the development of this project and important eport. there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning, but we do want to hit some of the highlights. we hope you'll take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it's important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history to the time during world war ii that we interned some japanese-americans. at the time it seemed like the sandrite proper thing to do. but in the light of history, it was an error. and so today this report will hopefully put into focus some of the actions taken in the post-9/11 environment. there's some key questions we wanted to address this morning. one is the treatment of suspected terrorists in u.s. c
. >> thank you, jim, and thank you for your leadership on the task force, and i want to express my thanks to the constitution project, but also to all of my fellow task force members, what they brought to the table in terms of experience, wisdom, public service, really made a difference in the development of this project and important eport. there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning, but we do want to hit some of the highlights. we hope...
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let's get down to the new york stock exchange and jim cramer. >> good morning, jim. >> lots to talk about. we account talk about boston and the impact on the market. i would love to hear your view on the psychology there, but also coca cola there. goldman sachs, j&j, we had good numbers. >> coca-cola doesn't have to say anything positive and people absolutely lap it up as they've done for all of the consumer products company and everies single one whereas, goldman sachs they just put a single boilerplate line about what everybody knows which is the macro environment and you're supposed to throw the stock out. i think that is a mistake, and i think the book value is for real. j & j is blessed. he's making it better. j & j and coca-cola, andrew, after boston, hey, you what? i'm take them. it's after boston. boston signifies the psychological terror that people feel when they buy anything other than what's in the supermarket. >> we were talking, i think in the 6:00 hour about sort of is this going to be a major psychological shift that people have come out and says not only a huge tragedy, b
let's get down to the new york stock exchange and jim cramer. >> good morning, jim. >> lots to talk about. we account talk about boston and the impact on the market. i would love to hear your view on the psychology there, but also coca cola there. goldman sachs, j&j, we had good numbers. >> coca-cola doesn't have to say anything positive and people absolutely lap it up as they've done for all of the consumer products company and everies single one whereas, goldman sachs...
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cnn's jim spellman is in peoria, illinois. >> good morning, christine. you can see the waters coming up here. this is not too unusual here but it's got about another two feet to go. so far these sandbag levees are holding. they hope that remains the case. from north dakota to indiana, to mississippi. flad watches and warning throughout the middle of the country as rain water from torrential spring storms barrels down rivers and streams. >> so far it's held. >> reporter: in peoria heights, katie eaten hopes these sandbags and this pump will protect her home from the rising illinois river. what's it like to know your home's at risk? >> it's scary. i've had family lose house to floods, so i mean i know what to expect. but it's -- it's scary. >> reporter: at the end of the block, neighbors gail and jerry knew their home would be the first to flood. they spent the last few days removing all their possessions knowing they would likely never move back into their home of 13 years. you were prepared, but what is it like to actually watch your home go under water?
cnn's jim spellman is in peoria, illinois. >> good morning, christine. you can see the waters coming up here. this is not too unusual here but it's got about another two feet to go. so far these sandbag levees are holding. they hope that remains the case. from north dakota to indiana, to mississippi. flad watches and warning throughout the middle of the country as rain water from torrential spring storms barrels down rivers and streams. >> so far it's held. >> reporter: in...
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still, in an interview with cnbc earlier, co-ceo jim hagueman sounded confident that growth in the asia pacific region was still solid. >> in asia, we have had now 13 consecutive quarters of double digit growth. 12, actually. this is the first time we have an issue in asia. what that means is you have an organization that has been growing rapidly. with that comes new demand on leadership. we have been make something changes. in q1 we had a couple of key countries where we were looking for the leadership to take this organization to the next level. that's why it's impacting q1. but if i look at the pipeline and the business out there, we have a very, very solid business also in asia pacific. >> they also said revenue from sap's cloud technology division was a bright spot in the report, jumping 380% from a year earlier. he responded to speculation the company might make its cloud service private, as well. >> we do see what cloud does for our customers is it radically simplifies complexity. running global supply chains is not ease or realtime banks. that's wa we do for a living since 41 ye
still, in an interview with cnbc earlier, co-ceo jim hagueman sounded confident that growth in the asia pacific region was still solid. >> in asia, we have had now 13 consecutive quarters of double digit growth. 12, actually. this is the first time we have an issue in asia. what that means is you have an organization that has been growing rapidly. with that comes new demand on leadership. we have been make something changes. in q1 we had a couple of key countries where we were looking for...
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jim cramer on intel. >> i felt bad. this has become one of those contentious companies where the analysts give intel a hard time about pretty much anything, and it's a dead horse beatdown. stacy -- is a really great guy, but the conference call has become acrimonious and it's a shame because it's a great american company. >> do you think the stock will turn around? >> um -- no, it's just the macro. they really don't have anything. boy, it was bad for dell. that was my real takeaway. i can't believe anyone wants to be in dell. by the way, there's a real crossfire, bernstein said there would be upside surprise and last week they said be careful, microsoft shh will take away from microsoft. >> isn't that the whole issue? >> well, the problem is intel they said on the call, hey, listen, guys, wrong product, wrong time, wrong war, wrong this, wrong that. it's almost as if intel was never any good and talking about 2009 numbers versus now and spending too much money on equipment and he's a good guy, but he's just down there g
jim cramer on intel. >> i felt bad. this has become one of those contentious companies where the analysts give intel a hard time about pretty much anything, and it's a dead horse beatdown. stacy -- is a really great guy, but the conference call has become acrimonious and it's a shame because it's a great american company. >> do you think the stock will turn around? >> um -- no, it's just the macro. they really don't have anything. boy, it was bad for dell. that was my real...
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from baltimore county police chief jim johnson, assault weapons are -- quote -- "meant for the battlefield." milwaukee chief of police, ed flynn, "military characteristics are not simply cosmetic in nature. these weapons are designed for combat." end quote. and john walsh, the united states attorney for colorado couldn't be more clear. "these weapons, he said, "are crafted to be as effective as possible at killing human beings." end quote. now, where are we today? seven states and the district of columbia banned assault weapons prior to the newtown, massacre. these are my own state, california, connecticut, d.c., hawaii, maryland, massachusetts, new york, and new jersey. since newtown, legislators in 20 states have introduced bills to either ban assault weapons or strengthen existing bans. 20 states are now contemplating action. connecticut and new york passed laws to tighten their existing bans, to prohibit assault weapons with one military characteristic, which is what we do in this bill. maryland expanded an existing ban on assault pistols to cover rifles and assault shotguns. in massac
from baltimore county police chief jim johnson, assault weapons are -- quote -- "meant for the battlefield." milwaukee chief of police, ed flynn, "military characteristics are not simply cosmetic in nature. these weapons are designed for combat." end quote. and john walsh, the united states attorney for colorado couldn't be more clear. "these weapons, he said, "are crafted to be as effective as possible at killing human beings." end quote. now, where are we...
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provisions.the stem having a system that has a jim demint exit at exit security system as well as economic conditions is a good thing. a variety of economic legislation in this are good on balance. >> i want america to win. >> me too. craig huey about how the u.s. is not using immigration policy effectively and as many other countries are to improve economic growth. what countries did you see as doing a good job? numbers, look at the it's in my written testimony, under core visas are for economic reasons at the moment. given the paramount need for economic growth, that cuts across our ability to deal with all our policy challenges, those will all be easier with faster economic growth. focusing on that makes more sense. other countries, we have charts in the written testimony, have a high percentage. other countries that have made reforms recently like the united kingdom looking to do this. if you look at the countries that are struggling right now and likely to fail, dejapan. europe, the exception is germany, which has undertaken a particular percentage of turkish labor. we have to recogni
provisions.the stem having a system that has a jim demint exit at exit security system as well as economic conditions is a good thing. a variety of economic legislation in this are good on balance. >> i want america to win. >> me too. craig huey about how the u.s. is not using immigration policy effectively and as many other countries are to improve economic growth. what countries did you see as doing a good job? numbers, look at the it's in my written testimony, under core visas...
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hi, jim. >> caller: good afternoon, gentlemen. i have a question. the la proider of servicee of to the war department in afghanistan, and i asked how the afghans were going, and i quoted him in the remark right now saying that it's basically a total failure. he went into details about that aspect of what basic means. what do you think the result is basically in afghanistan? >> well, it's obviously a question on a lot of people's mind. i see the obama administration says by next summer they draw troops down. i think that, you know, there's no dispute, you know, optimistic assessments, you know, years ago of what could be possible in afghanistan of stability and peace and strong central government, i mean, that's not going to be the case, and i think most people admit that. the question is whether a year from now there's security forces built up to the exend that when the united states leaves, you know, what will be the strength of the taliban? what will be the strength of -- what will be the strength of the government of karzai? there's divisions in
hi, jim. >> caller: good afternoon, gentlemen. i have a question. the la proider of servicee of to the war department in afghanistan, and i asked how the afghans were going, and i quoted him in the remark right now saying that it's basically a total failure. he went into details about that aspect of what basic means. what do you think the result is basically in afghanistan? >> well, it's obviously a question on a lot of people's mind. i see the obama administration says by next...
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birmingham city jail which sounded the call for nonviolent civil obedience to counter oppression in the jim crow south. in that letter, dr. king famously proclaimed, in justice anywhere is a threat -- injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. mr. speaker, as the veteran of those efforts, i know that the struggle for justice, empowerment and equal opportunity for all continues to this day. i want to thank my colleague, representative terri -- 10 seconds -- terri sewell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. clyburn: i want to thank my colleague, representative terri sewell for her leadership in this outstanding effort, representative sewell has quickly made her mark in this institution for her tireless devotion to duty and her thoughtful approach to legislating. i am proud to join her in this effort and urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation. i thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from alabama reserves. the gentleman from alabama. . mr. bachus: i yie
birmingham city jail which sounded the call for nonviolent civil obedience to counter oppression in the jim crow south. in that letter, dr. king famously proclaimed, in justice anywhere is a threat -- injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. mr. speaker, as the veteran of those efforts, i know that the struggle for justice, empowerment and equal opportunity for all continues to this day. i want to thank my colleague, representative terri -- 10 seconds -- terri sewell. the speaker...
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jim asked me does this still hold true today? to movie stars need to be afraid to speak out and i would say yes. the lesson is if you care about your pocketbook come if you want to speak and be pro patriotic and defend america right or wrong you'll never get in trouble but if you want to be critical of foreign policy because you believe as a citizen we have a thing called the constitution. all men are created equal. everyone from the beginning white, male. since then we've expanded. i'm not being sarcastic because in terms of the world to have any white male who is sovereign, the american people declared it rather than a king or queen. you couldn't of a king or queen taking your land away because they had given it to use your sovereign rights of everyone has a right to say what they should or should not do in our government we should expect that and yet at the beginning of the iraq war map when they spoke out against the war they had their invitation to talk to the baseball hall of fame and right after that i had a crew from fox
jim asked me does this still hold true today? to movie stars need to be afraid to speak out and i would say yes. the lesson is if you care about your pocketbook come if you want to speak and be pro patriotic and defend america right or wrong you'll never get in trouble but if you want to be critical of foreign policy because you believe as a citizen we have a thing called the constitution. all men are created equal. everyone from the beginning white, male. since then we've expanded. i'm not...